Case for clinical or other thermometers.



No. 733,536. I PATENTED JULY, 14, 1903; P. J. BERBERIGH, JR. CASE FORCLINICAL OR OTHER THERMOMETERS.

APPLIOATIOlf FILED AUG. 13, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented lily 14, 1909;.-

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FRANK J. BERBE'RIOH, JR., OF BROOKLYN, new YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,536, dated July 14,1903.

Application filed August 13, 1902. Serial No. 119,486. (No model.)

To all 1077,0772, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK J. BERBERICH, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inThermometer-Gases, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. 7

The object of this invention is to provide an improved case for clinicaland other thermometers which are provided with an enlarged head wherebythe said thermometer may be readily removed in case of breakage or forsterilization or for any other purpose and whereby the said thermometermay be firmly held in position in the said case without the use of waxor other like material, a further object being to provide athermometer-case of the class hereinafter described and claimed wherebythe operation of removing the cap of the said case from the body partthereof may be accomplished without danger of loosening or breaking thesaid thermometer.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a view of mythermometer-case closed; Fig. 2, a view of the cap thereof removed fromthe body portion of said case; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of Fig. 1,and Fig. 4 a section on the line 4 l of Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In the practice of my invention I provide a body portion a of anysuitable material,which is preferably cylindrical in shape and providedwith an internal screw-thread a at its inner or open end, and passinginto and engaging the screw-thread 0. is a corresponding screw-thread bon the outer surface of a neck portion Z) of a cap 11 and the neckportion b is also provided with an internal thread 6 I also provide asleeve 0, which is preferably cylindrical in form and slightly shorterthan the cap 6 and the sleeve 0 is provided with an externalscrew-thread 0 adapted to en gage the internal screw-thread t of theneck portion 71 of the cap 12 and said sleeve is also provided with amilled flange c at the outer or larger end thereof. The inner or smallerend of the sleeve 0 is provided with a pinrality of longitudinal slotsor recesses (Z, by means of which a plurality of leaves 61 are formed,as plainly shown in Fig. 4, and these leaves d are adapted to engage theenlarged head 6 of a thermometer 6 which passes through said sleeve, asplainly shown in Figs. 3 and 4c;

In the operation of my invention the thermometer e is passed through thesleeve 0, so that the head c rests upon the ends of the leaves d of saidsleeve, and the sleeve 0 is then screwed into the cap b by means of themilled flange c and when the head 2 of the thermometer e strikes againstthe end of the cap I) and the sleeve 0 being still revolved the leaves dare forced apart and hold the thermometer c by means of the head 6firmly in position, and the cap 6 may then be screwed into the bodyportion a, as will be readily seen, and by means of this construction itwill be seen that the thermometer 6 may be readily removed either forsterilizing the same or in case of breakage to replace the same, andwhen the cap b is removed from the body portion a the flange 0 beingsmaller than the internal screw-thread a will not be displaced, and thethermometer will therefore remain firmly secured at all times.

Although I have shown the sleeve 0 as a block of hard rubber or similarmaterial, I do not limit myself tothis construction, as the same may bemade of stamped metal or other material, as may also the body portion aand the cap 12 and other changes in and modifications of theconstruction herein shown may be made without departing from the spiritof my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A casing for a thermometer provided with an enlarged head, comprisinga hollow body portion open at one end and internally screw-threaded atits open end, a hollow cap provided with an externally-screw-threadedneck portion adapted to engage with the internal screw-thread of saidbody portion, said neck portion being also provided with an in- IOOternal screw-thread and a sleeve provided with an external screw-threadadapted to engage with the internal screw-thread of said neck portionand a longitudinal opening into which the small end of the saidthermometer is adapted to pass, substantially as shown and described. 7

2. A casing for a thermometer provided with an enlarged head comprisinga hollow body portion open at one end and having a screw-thread at itsopen end, a hollow cap provided with an externally-screw-threaded neckportion adapted to engage with the intern a1 screw-thread of said bodyportion, said neck portion being also provided with an internalscrew-thread and a sleeve having an

